Fall Migration: Animal Migration Photos

With Fall upon us and temperatures starting to drop, animals are starting to migrate to warmer places to spend their winters. From snow geese to whales, these species travel vast distances in search of better food and warmer habitat. Check out these amazing migratory animals and vote for the one like the best.

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Marveling Animals That MIgrate In The Fall

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Most of the world's geese species migrate during the spring and fall seasons. Snow geese flocks make 5,000-mile round trip journey every year. They migrate from the Arctic Tundra down to the American south, southwest, east coast during the Fall.

The most abundant cranes species in the world, Sandhill cranes migrate from the Arctic Tundra down to warmer areas for the winter. A number fly to California and Florida, while others pass through the Midwest on their way to the American Southwest, even reaching as far as Mexico.

Being unable to handle the cold winters, monarch butterflies migrate south and west every fall to spend their winters in Southern California and Mexico. A new generation of butterflies is born during this time. They'll have to journey back up the north in the spring, where larval plants are plentiful.

Different species of swallows breed and live all over North America during the warmer seasons. Starting in the fall, they migrate down to the Southern Hemisphere to spend their winters.

Weighing around 3 to 4 grams and being around 8 cm long, these migratory hummingbirds spend their winters in Mexico, after embarking on an impressive 2,000 mile journey from Canada and the American northwest.

From the American Crustacean Society: "Found in all the world's oceans, most populations of humpback whales follow a regular migration route, summering in temperate and polar waters for feeding, and wintering in tropical waters for mating and calving." Their migratory journey can total up to 6,000 miles a year, one of the longest for any species.

As a highly migratory species, different types of dolphins from around the world continuously migrate to warmer regions, depending on the particular hemisphere's winter season. They swim in groups called pods or schools.

Wild caribou can be found in the Arctic and sub-arctic regions. Caribou herds migrate anywhere between 120 to 400 miles to slightly warmer areas during the fall and winter seasons.